Escaping shame: Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus
"The only narratives of Jesus' birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon, a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| In: |
Novum Testamentum / Supplements (volume 187)
Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Croy, N. Clayton, 1955-, Escaping shame : Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus] (2023) (Gray, Patrick, 1970 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Novum Testamentum / Supplements
volume 187 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Place of birth
/ Exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Jews
Politics and government To 70 A.D
B Stigma (Social psychology) B Jesus Christ Birthplace |
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| Summary: | "The only narratives of Jesus' birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon, a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the census of Quirinius. In the present volume, N. Clayton Croy argues that both are wrong. Instead Jesus' birthplace was determined by the scandalous nature of Mary's pregnancy, with it being necessary for Mary and Joseph to escape the inevitable shame of an ill-timed conception and decamp to a less hostile environment. In this light, a Bethlehem-born Jesus who grew up in Nazareth should never have been considered problematic"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | VIII, 214 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9004517014 |